Registered Service Manager

Creative Support; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A social care organization in Blackpool seeks a motivated manager to oversee various social care services for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the social care sector, excellent communication skills, and a passion for supporting individuals in achieving their potential. Responsibilities include leading a team, service development, and ensuring quality standards are met. Strong leadership and person-centered care are essential in this fulltime role.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days annual leave

Company-paid enhanced DBS

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing social care services, particularly for individuals with learning disabilities and mental health needs.
• Confident and accountable practitioner who can implement quality standards.
• Effective team player with strong communication and engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee service provision in Blackpool for those with learning disabilities and mental health needs.
• Develop new services to meet local community needs.
• Lead and support a team, ensuring high-quality service standards.

Skills

Staff and service management experience in social care

Positive communication skills

Ability to write clear assessments and support plans

Job description

Overview

Creative Support is looking for a caring, dynamic and highly motivated person to manage our varied portfolio of social care services in Blackpool. You will be responsible for maintaining an overview of all services, leading a highly motivated team of managers and contributing to the further development of services within the region. You must be an accomplished manager and have extensive experience and knowledge of working within the social care sector in support of people with learning disabilities and mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee current service provision in the Blackpool area, including:
  • Supported living services for people with a learning disability and people on the autistic spectrum, including people with additional complex care and communication needs
  • Community support for people with a learning disability/mental health needs
• Develop new services to meet local needs and promote opportunity, choice, health and wellbeing.
• Demonstrate a person-centred approach with a warm, confident and professional manner; lead a team with confidence, provide clear guidance, supervision and support to team members.
• Be the Registered Manager with CQC; prior experience as a Registered Manager is not essential but you must be a confident and accountable practitioner who can put quality standards into practice.
• Communicate positively with families of the people we support, their advocates and other agencies.
• Write clear assessments, support plans and guidelines and work within a consistent, mutually supportive team ethos.
• Be based in our Blackpool office with regular direct contact with service users and attendance at person-centred reviews; oversee staff deployment and rotas; work flexibly including evenings and weekends.

Qualifications and Skills

• Experience of staff and service management in the social care sector; ability to deliver excellent outcomes for customers and implement initiatives to connect service users to their local community.
• Skills in positive communication and engagement; demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support.
• Ability to write clear assessments, support plans and guidelines; work effectively within a team ethos.

Benefits and Training

• Relevant training including accredited management training and health and social care diplomas through our training academy; potential support for advanced practitioner training opportunities.
• Good conditions of service and a supportive, hands-on management culture.
• Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days annual leave and company-paid enhanced DBS.

How to Apply

If you wish to know more about the post, please call Neil Maguire, Area Manager, on 07870 679389. Vacancy Reference Number: 88015.

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.

Equal Opportunity

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.

Applications are reviewed as they are received; we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.